WORKSHOP :

Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Campus, Alan MacDiarmid Building (AM 103)
Thursday 14 March 2019

9:00	Opening - Vice Chancellor, Victoria University of Wellington [TBC]. - Serge TCHERKEZOFF & Jon FRAENKEL – Workshop themes, aims & objectives
9:15	FRAENKEL, Jon Victoria University of Wellington Sovereignty or Post-Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands?

New Caledonia

Chair : Serge Tcherkezoff, Australian National University (program Pacific-Dialogues EHESS@ANU) & Centre de recherches et de documentation sur l'Océanie (AMU, CNRS, EHESS)

9:30	GODIN, Patrice, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Is New Caledonia a pluricultural society? Blind spots and perspectives
10:00	LAGARDE, Louis, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie The origins of New Caledonia's fractured society: what do archaeology and recent colonial history tell us?
10:20	KORSON, Cadey, Massey University Rebalancing power dynamics in sub-national island jurisdictions: Defining sovereignty in Kanaky/Nouvelle Calédonie
10:40	Teabreak – 20 minutes

Chair : Iati Iati, Victoria University of Wellington

11:00	WADRAWANE, Eddie Wayuone, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Changes for recreating a shared social and educational imaginary.
11:20	McDONALD, Caroline, Victoria University of Wellington Free association: a mixed blessing
11:40	DISCUSSION
12:20	Lunch

French Polynesia

Chair - Gerard Prinsen, Massey University.

1:20	BROTHERSON, Moetai, Représentant à l'Assemblée de Polynésie, Député de la Polynésie Française à l'Assemblée Nationale From French Polynesia to Mā'ohi nui: A Pacific vision of decolonization
1:50	AL WARDI, Semir, Université de la Polynésie Française The politics in French Polynesia: current debates, challenges and perspectives
2:10	PETIT, Sylvain, Université de la Polynésie Française What forms of tourism can sustain the development of the French Polynesia economy?
2:30	Teabreak – 20 minutes

Chair – Emma Harman, National Bureau of Assessments New Zealand Government

2:50	CHAILLOUX, Steve, Chargé de la valorisation du patrimoine culturel de la ville de Faa'a Is the autonomy/pro-independence dichotomy still relevant in Mā'ohi Nui (French Polynesia) today?

Wallis and Futuna

3:10	PASTOREL, Jean-Paul, Université de la Polynésie Française Reflections on Wallis and Futuna Islands
3:30	DISCUSSION

The French Pacific in a Comparative Context

4:20	BEVANT, Yann, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Implications of the New Caledonian Experience for Divided Societies
4:40	FRAENKEL, Jon Victoria University of Wellington Implications of the New Caledonian & Northern Ireland Experience for Divided Societies: Constructive Ambiguity, Intermediation and the Brexit Dilemma
5:00	DISCUSSION
5:00	End

With the partnership of University of New Caledonia, University of French Polynesia and the program Pacific-Dialogues (ANU / Fonds Pacifique)

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